Is Your Lawmaker a Climate Champion?

California earned a C for climate action in EnviroVoters’ 2025 California Environmental Scorecard, which grades every state legislator and the Governor on their environmental actions from the past year.

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2025: Climate Justice Went to Voicemail

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The call from California communities demanding climate justice went to voicemail this year.

Between devastating wildfires, federal rollbacks, and economic pressure, the cards our legislators were dealt in 2025 weren’t easy. Lawmakers took a few major strides with solutions for clean energy, electricity affordability, and federal defense. But progress was uneven, with federal actions undercutting advancement and too many California lawmakers caving under pressure from corporate polluters this year. As climate change impacts escalate, Sacramento leaders have an urgent responsibility to stand firm on partnership and shared vision to create a healthy, affordable, and resilient future for all Californians.

2025 by the Numbers

Democrat Breakdown

B+ (89%)

Average score of Democrats who do NOT take oil money

D (66%)

Average score of Democrats who DO take oil money

Climate Action Caucus

Members of the Climate Action Caucus are environmental champions fighting for bold policy change to address the climate crisis and stepping up in new ways to help ensure 2025 was a year of action.

Josh Becker

SENATOR (SD-13)

Senator Becker’s bill on electricity affordability (SB 254) was a bright spot in 2025. His landmark policy lowers bills and protects Californians, especially low- and middle-income families. By capping electricity rates and expanding affordability programs, he delivered meaningful progress for energy justice this year.

Robert Garcia

ASSEMBLYMEMBER (AD-50)

Assemblymember Garcia emerged as one of 2025’s strongest newly elected climate champions. Representing a region where warehousing deeply impacts air quality, he boldly led on tools that could slash emissions from major pollution hotspots like warehouses and ports across the entire state (AB 914).

Cottie Petrie-Norris

Assemblymember (AD-73)

Assemblymember Petrie-Norris emerged as a strong climate leader in 2025. As Chair of the Assembly Energy Committee, she advanced a policy many years in the making to improve energy efficiency, reliability, and affordability for Californians through clean energy coordination with Western states (AB 825).

Polluter Caucus

Members of the 2025 Polluter Caucus have refused to support—and even actively worked against—climate policies. These legislators bear responsibility for delaying climate progress in 2025.

Carl DeMaio

ASSEMBLYMEMBER (AD-75)

Assemblymember DeMaio embraced Trump-style politics while carrying water for Big Oil. He prioritized drilling, pipeline expansion, and weakening clean energy rules. His bill (AB 1238) would have blocked gas-appliance bans and EV mandates, seeking to keep California tied to fossil fuels.

Tim Grayson

SENATOR (SD-9)

Senator Grayson authored a Big Oil giveaway (SB 237) that fast-tracks drilling permits in Kern County, falsely claiming it would lower gas prices. While frontline communities struggle with health and cost-of-living impacts due to corporate greed, he pursued this policy instead of clean energy infrastructure and worker transition support.

Blanca Pacheco

ASSEMBLYMEMBER (AD-64)

Assemblymember Pacheco failed to stand up to Trump rollbacks by withholding support for practical policies like clean water solutions, offshore drilling restrictions, and protections for endangered species. Despite representing a district where voters overwhelmingly want a climate justice representative, her score has decreased each year she has been in office.

What is the Scorecard?

Since 1973, California Environmental Voters (EnviroVoters) has released our annual California Environmental Scorecard, which grades the California Legislature and California leadership (Governor, Speaker, and Pro Tem) on their environmental and climate actions from the prior legislative year. For over 50 years, the Scorecard has served as a key educational, transparency, and accountability resource for voters to get an insider’s view on how well their elected representatives are truly voting on climate.